Pretties for Pennies

If you follow me on Facebook you've probably seen pictures posted of "the really big project"' which is my enamel testing project. I have been using pennies (yes, it's legal. I checked everything out first.) to test fire all of the enamel colors to see how they react with the copper and the torch flame. The pennies all have to be from 1981 or earlier (1982 pennies have very little actual copper in them!), and I've needed approximately 170 of them. Let me tell you, it's surprisingly hard to come by those old pennies! So, what i did was offer all my coworkers and friends "pretties for pennies". If they donated pennies to my project I made them a necklace in return; whatever their favorite color enameled on a copper washer and finished with a simple cord. Like this...

Not too bad for $.5 or $.10, right?

I'm still on the lookout for those pennies. I will have my project finished in about $.50. :-)

Here's a quick look at what I'm doing with them. 

Quickies and a Kitten

This blog post is just a quickie, but 2 nice things have happened for Juli's Jewels in the last 2 days.

First, I've been invited to sell my jewelry at LUNAFEST. It's a film festival of short films "By, About, and For Women". It's on Saturday, May 18th (Yes, the day after tomorrow!) and starts at 3:oo pm at Sierra 2 Theater, 2791 24th Street in Sacramento. Click on the link and check it out!

Second, one of my charm bracelets was featured in an all black ArtFire Collection, Paint it Black. Click on the link and check it out too! There are some really beautiful pieces shown.

And now for the afore promised kitten!

I've been pinned!

Pinterest, I've been there. I've checked it out. It could be a major time suck in my like if I'd let it, so I kind of make a point of not going there too often. So, lo and behold, I was on there and I put in julisjewels just to see what came up and I found I'd been pinned...a few times at that.

Wanna see what pinterest people found in my ArtFire shop to pin?
This: http://pinterest.com/pin/258816309805871160/

and this: http://pinterest.com/pin/87046205267829213/

and these: http://pinterest.com/pin/240309330088059331/

and last but not least, this: http://pinterest.com/pin/55380270389193811/

Kinda cool, right?

PS - I Google myself too. :-)

And the winner is...

And the winner of the Juli's Jewels Mother's Day giveaway is Vicky Miller! She was nominated by her daughter, Kari Ackeret. This is the necklace she won; The Heart of the Family #4-The Vicky. The crystals represent her children and grandchildren.